THE BHAGAVAD GITA
CHAPTER 5 : STANZAS 1 TO 6
SANKHYA YOGA & DETACHED ACTION
Aj¤In
uvac
s|Óyas|
kmINa|
k]ÝN
p¤nya©Ig|
c S|s¢s
,
yÅC®Ey
etyaErEk|
tÓmE
b#¥¢h s¤¢n¢àtm¯
,, 1 ,,
Aj¤In
uvac |
Aj¤In
nE kha |
Arjuna said |
s|Óyasm¯
|
s|Óyas
k£ |
renunciation |
kmINam¯ |
kma©I|
kE |
of action |
S|s¢s |
p#S|sa
krtE haE |
you praise |
etyaE: |
in
daEnaE| mE| |
of these two |
s¤¢n¢àtm¯
|
¢này
¢kya h^Aa |
conclusively |
hE
k]ÝN
Aap
kB£ kma©I|
kE
s|Óyas
k£
AaWr ¢Pr
¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg
k£ p#S|sa
krtE
hW|
is¢le in
daEnaE|
mE|
jaE ek
s¤¢n¢àt
½E¿
hW uskaE
m¤JsE
k¢he ,
Arjuna said
: Krsna, you extol Sankhyayoga
(the Yoga of Knowledge)
and then the Yoga of Action.
Pray tell me which
of the two
is decidedly conducive to my
good.
(1)
½£
Bgvan¤vac
s|Óyas:
kmIyaEgà
¢n:½Eyskrav¤BaW
,
tyaEÞt¤
kmIs|ÓyasaÏkmIyaEgaE
¢v¢SÝytE
,, 2 ,,
½£
Bgvan uvac |
½£
Bgvan nE
kha |
Sri Bhagavan
said |
s|Óyas: |
s|Óyas |
renunciation |
kmIyaEg: |
¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg |
yoga of action |
¢n:½EyskraW
|
prmkÚyaNkark
hW| |
leading to the highest bliss |
tyaE: |
un
daEnaE| mE| |
of these two |
kmIs|Óyasat¯
|
kma©I|
kE s|Óyas
sE |
than renunciation
of action |
kmIyaEg: |
kmIyaEg |
yoga of action |
¢v¢SÝytE
|
½E¿
hW |
is superior |
½£
Bgvan
nE
kha -
s|Óyas ( åOanyaEg
)
AaWr ¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg
yh
daEnaE| h£
prm
kÚyaNkark
hW|
prÓt¤ un
daEnaE|
mE| kma©I|
kE
s|Óyas
sE ¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg
½E¿
hW ,
Sri Bhagavan
said: The Yoga of Knowledge
and the Yoga of Action
both lead to supreme Bliss.
Of the two, however, the
performance of action is better
than the renunciation of
action. (2)
åOEy:
s
¢nÏys|Óyas£
yaE
n
¹E¢¾
n kaHqX¢t
,
¢ndI¯vÓdqvaE
¢h
mhabahaE
s¤K| bÓDaÏp#m¤ÅytE
,, 3 ,,
åOEy: |
smJa
jana ca¢he |
should be known |
¢nÏys|Óyas£
|
¢nÏy
s|Óyas£ |
steady ascetic |
kaHqX¢t |
Aaka|Xa
krta hW |
desires |
¢ndIqvÓdqv:
|
¹n¯¹
sE r¢ht |
one free from pairs of opposites |
mhabahaE |
hE
mhabahaE |
O mighty armed |
bÓDat¯
|
bÓDn
sE |
from bondage |
p#m¤ÅytE
|
m¤³
haE jata
hW |
is set free |
hE
mhabah^
Aj¤In jaE
p¤âx
n
¹Ex krta
hW AaWr
n Aaka|Xa
krta
hW
vh ¢nÏy
s|Óyas£
smJa
jana
ca¢he ÀyaE|¢k
rag ¹Ex
Aa¢d
¹Ó¹aE|
sE
r¢ht vh
srlta
sE
bÓDn sE
m¤³
haE
jata hW
,
He who has
neither likes nor dislikes should
be ever considered steady
in renunciation. For, O
mighty armed one (Arjuna),
he
who is free
from the pairs of opposites
is easily
freed from
bondage. (3)
sa|ÁyyaEgaW
p¦TÂbala:
p#vd¢Ót
n
p¢Îfta: ,
ekmÔya¢ÞTt:
sØyg¤ByaE¢vIÓdtE
Plm¯
,, 4 ,,
sa|ÁyyaEgaW
|
sa|Áy
åOanyaEg AaWr
yaEg kmIyaEg
kaE |
Samkhya (knowledge) and Yoga (performance of action)
|
Aa¢ÞTt:
|
¢ÞTt
p¤âx |
established in |
sØykq |
AÅC£
p#kar sE |
truly |
uByaE: |
daEnaE|
kE |
of both |
¢vÓdtE
|
pa
lEta hW |
obtains |
jaE
sa|Áy
( åOanyaEg )
AaWr
yaEg ( kmIyaEg
)
kaE Alg
Alg khtE
hW|
vE
balk hW|
n
¢k p¢Îft
, ek
mE|
B£
AÅC£
p#kar sE
¢ÞTt h^Aa
p¤âx
daEnaE|
kE
Pl kaE
pa
lEta hW
,
It is the
ignorant, not the wise,
who say that Sankhyayoga
and Karmayoga
lead to divergent results.
For one who is firmly
established in either gets the
fruit of both
(4)
yÏsa|ÁyW:
p#aÔytE
ÞTan|
tïaEgWr¢p
gØytE ,
ek|
sa|Áy|
c yaEg|
c
y: pÜy¢t
s
pÜy¢t ,,
5 ,,
sa|ÁyW: |
sa|ÁyyaE¢gyaE|
¹ara |
by the Samkhyas |
p#aÔytE |
p#açO
¢kya jata
hW |
is reached |
yaEgW: |
kmIyaE¢gyaE|
¹ara |
by the yogis (karma yogins) |
gØytE |
p#açO
¢kya jata
hW |
is reached |
sa|Áym¯
|
åOanyaEg |
the Samkhya (knowledge) |
yaEgm¯ |
kmIyaEg |
yoga (performance of action) |
sa|ÁyyaE¢gyaE|
kE
¹ara
jaE ÞTan
p#açO
¢kya
jata
hW vh£
kmIyaE¢gyaE|
kE
¹ara B£
p#açO
¢kya
jata
hW , is
p#kar
jaE
p¤âx åOanyaEg
AaWr
kmIyaEg kaE
ek
dEKta hW
vh
h£ yTaTI
dEKta
hW ,
The (supreme)
state which is reached
by the Sankhyayogi is attained
also by the Karmayogi. Therefore,
he alone who sees Sankhyayoga
and Karmayoga as one (so
far as their result goes)
is the one
who really sees.
(5)
s|ÓyasÞt¤
mhabahaE
Ѥ:KmaçO¤myaEgt:
,
yaEgy¤³aE
m¤¢nb#I'
n¢crENa¢DgÅC¢t
,, 6 ,,
s|Óyas: |
s|Óyas |
renunciation |
mhabahaE |
hE
mhabahaE |
O mighty-armed |
AaçO¤m¯
|
p#açO
haEna |
to attain |
AyaEgt: |
yaEg
kE ¢bna |
without yoga |
yaEgy¤³:
|
¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg£ |
yoga harmonised |
A¢DgÅC¢t
|
p#açO
haE jata
hW |
goes |
prÓt¤
hE
mhabah^
Aj¤In kmIyaEg
kE
¢bna
s|Óyas ka
pana
k¢Zn
hW AaWr
¢nÝkam
kmIyaEg£
m¤¢n b#'
kaE
S£G#
h£
p#açO haE
jata
hW ,
Renunciation of
activities is difficult to
attain but one
who concentrates
on yoga attains to Brahman
soon. (6)
PROCEED TO CHAPTER 5 : STANZAS 7 TO 12
RETURN TO CHAPTER 4 : STANZAS 33 TO 42
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